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Google “Me” and What It Means Right Now
Ready? Nothing. My Google Reader (I know, “why do you still use a Google Reader??” I like my Reader, chill out) has been inundated with chatter about the new Google social network, “Me,” that is supposed to rival Facebook, and, while it does seem like big news, really is not what I want to be reading about. Why is Google trying to make another foray into the social network biz?
Facebook’s New Location Feature Is Called “Places”…Just Like Google!
About a month ago, Techcrunch announced that Facebook would be rolling out location-based checkin functionality for their mobile app, and that it would most likely be dubbed the “Places” tab. Geo-location is all the rage now, with Foursquare nearing 1 million checkins a day and Gowalla at a quarter million users, and while it’s no [...]
Twitter’s New Promoted Tweets, Replay, and Tweet Donations
So finally Twitter has decided that it may be a good idea to make some moolah. By now, I’m sure you’ve heard about the new ad platform that will bring Twitter out of the red and start bringing in the green, but if not, here’s the synopsis taken from the Twitter Blog:
What are Promoted Tweets?
“We [...]
TrueAction and GSI Commerce
Jed Singer is a Search Engine Optimization Analyst at TrueAction, an interactive marketing agency owned by GSI Commerce, and the opinions expressed in the Socialight Media Blog are in no way a reflection of the views of TrueAction or GSI Commerce.